Giants right-hander Julian Fernandez will undergo Tommy John surgery on Thursday, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area was among those to report. San Francisco previously placed Fernandez on the 60-day disabled list earlier this week.
The 22-year-old Fernandez has never even pitched above the Single-A level, nor is he a high-end prospect. But the news is particularly noteworthy because Fernandez was a Rule 5 pick last December, when the Giants snatched him from the NL West rival Rockies with the No. 2 selection. The fact that Fernandez will now undergo this procedure means he’ll rack up a year of service time and earn a a major league-minimum salary ($545K) in the process. As MLBTR’s Mark Polishuk noted earlier this week, that could be a minor nuisance for San Francisco, which has little wiggle room as it works to stay under the $197MM competitive balance tax threshold.
During 7 1/3 spring innings with the Giants, Fernandez yielded a whopping 11 earned runs on 10 hits and five walks, with an eye-opening 12 strikeouts. Fernandez was far more effective at preventing runs last year in 58 innings with the Rockies’ Single-A affiliate, as he logged a 3.26 ERA/3.09 FIP with 8.84 K/9 and 2.79 BB/9.
time to bring up BEEDE
Give him back to the rockies lol
I’m surprised with all the players having tommy John this year. I guess the injury bug is going to keep hitting hard until everybody is having TJS.
He was far more effective at single A than in big league Spring Training? I think you could say about literally every player in the game.
“Fernandez was a Rule 5 pick last December, when the Giants snatched him from the NL West rival Rockies with the No. 2 selection.”
Question: Do the Giants have to keep him on their ML roster all season when he returns (presumably) next year or can they demote him if necessary without offering him back to the Rockies? My quick reading of the rule suggests that he may only have to be kept on the Giants active ML roster for 90 days next year but I may be missing something?
I am pretty sure they can demote him next year. The DL counts as the major league roster.
Mark m is a theft
He stole $ 60 million from the giants
Dishonest
Thanks a lot mark
You’re an idiot! The Giants gave him a physical
and he passed it. Injuries happen in sports!
If physical test passed
Why four years
Before he sign
I kind of doubt it
One year try out
Not honest
Does anybody know what happened to ty blach they had a decent pitching rotation until bumgardner got hurt and ty blach was decent and then they traded mat moore